In February 2011, the last five IPv4 /8s were allocated to the RIRs. Barely three months later, APNIC was down to its last /8. Existing APNIC members and new networks in the Asia Pacific region are now only able to get a maximum of 1,024 IPv4 addresses. These addresses need to be used wisely to enable transition to IPv6 by deploying dual stack networks.

The IPv6 deployment needs to be dealt with in the world of business. Although there are still lots to be done, many ISPs are already IPv6 enabling their production networks. Content providers and CDNs are also making efforts to deploy to IPv6. Some governments prepared procurements guidelines including IPv6 capabilities and enabling their backbone networks with IPv6. Part of that deployment involves DNS. Domain registrars are a critical part of that deployment and their transition efforts need to speed up.

This session will explain the current status of IPv6 deployment at difference stake holders of the Internet and clarify what we need to do collectively in 2011. This session was coordinated through collaboration among ICANN, IANA and APNIC in order to outreach the Internet multi-stakeholders with important information on IPv4 address exhaustion and IPv6 deployment.

Who Should Attend?

Domain registrars

ISPs and hosting providers

Content providers

Government officials

At Large

Agenda Details:

Overview of IPv4 address availability in the Asia Pacific region

Panel presentations/discussion, focusing on (subject to change):

Impact of reduced address availability in the Internet industy

Overview of IPv6 transition among ISPs

Collaboration between private and public sectors in transiting to IPv6